20 Easy Cookie Recipes

Nothing quite awakens your senses like the sweet, mouth-watering aroma of cookies fresh from the oven. It takes you back to the days of watching your Grandma roll out her delicious sugar cookies and filling the cookie jar. Rediscover the satisfaction of baking homemade cookies with my simple and delicious recipes!

You can tell the difference between a store-bought cookie and one made from scratch. Not only are the homemade cookies tastier, fresher they can be easily altered to your tastes. Would you rather have a morsel of Dark instead of Milk Chocolate in your Chocolate Chuck Cookie – with a homemade cookie you can easily switch up the ingredients. As an added bonus, most of my east cookie recipes only require simple pantry essentials.

Another perk of making homemade cookies is how easy it is to prepare in batches and store them. Keep freshly-baked cookies in sealed containers or resealable plastic bags for instant desserts, snacks or lunch time treats. I often make large (double, sometimes triple) batches of my favourite cookie doughs – and freeze the formed cookies for up to 3 months. It is really simple, mix up the dough, form the cookie and sheet trays, freeze for a few hours, and store the cookies in resealable bags, and bake up a batch whenever a sweet craving strikes. I almost always have a batch of frozen dough in the freezer.

These easy cookie recipes are kid-friendly and give you an excellent opportunity to teach your kids or grand kids about measuring, mixing and other kitchen basics. Try these scrumptious recipes today and have fresh, sweet and ultimately delicious cookies in under 30 minutes.

If you enjoy the almond cookies at your favorite Chinese restaurant, try baking my tasty version! They have a delicious, buttery taste with the delightfully sandy texture of almond flour. Place a whole almond in the middle of each cookie for a yummy crunch. This recipe also freezes well, so you can bake them when you need a quick dessert.

For a fruity twist on the traditional chocolate chip cookies, mix blueberries and white chocolate chips to make this scrumptious recipe. These moist, gooey cookies are rich and flavorful and are perfect with a cup of coffee or a cold glass of milk.

It's quick and easy to blend together these mix-and-bake butter cookies whenever you need something sweet. The recipe makes enough cookies to serve a crowd or you can save the leftovers in a cookie jar to use rest of the week, or these make a perfect holiday present when wrapped up nicely.

These simple and quick cookies use cake mix along with regular pantry ingredients including egg yolks, vanilla extract, cinnamon and butter. This is highly recommended if you are looking for smart recipes for the perfect snacks to serve at a tea party.

Remember as a kid, tasting one of Grandma’s homemade sugar cookies? It was sheer bliss! Share these sugar-kissed memories with your family and make this yummy recipe. These legendary cookies use basic pantry ingredients and are easy to roll out and bake. Whether you sprinkle the tops with sugar or frost them, sugar cookies are worth celebrating!

These sweet and tart cookies have the perfect pairing of flavors. Basic sugar cookie dough ingredients get a boost from dried cranberries and orange zest for added flavor. The whole recipe can be done in half an hour, so these tasty cookies can be warm and ready in no time!

What could make yummy cookies any better? Using a little sweet ice tea as an ingredient! Imagine the complex flavors of orange pekoe tea, refreshing mint, and a kiss of lemon in a delightful glazed cookie! Enjoy one of these tender treats with a mug of milk, or even a fresh glass of iced tea.

When you taste these scrumptious cookies, they may become a family favorite! They are an Eid traditional sweet in Egypt. The cookies have a buttery crust that that is sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds. They are filled with a luscious center of butter, honey, sesame seeds, and walnuts. Dust the warm cookies with powdered sugar, and watch them disappear.

Remember going to Grandma’s house and helping her fill the cookie jar with homemade gingersnaps? Try this scrumptious gingersnap recipe the next time your family craves cookies. This chewy version gets mouthwatering flavor from ground ginger and sweet molasses. In about 30 minutes, you will have a treat that would make Grandma proud!

If your little cookie crunchers adore chocolate chip cookies, let them help you make this scrumptious recipe! It is loaded with chocolate, oats, and pecans, making cookies that are bursting with flavor. You better make two batches, because these will disappear quickly!

The only thing that could make chocolate chip cookies even better is more chocolate! These tempting treats are bedazzled with chocolate chips and a gooey Nutella center. You will be a fan from the first bite! Make plenty, because these cookies disappear quickly!

Are you looking for the perfect dessert to pack in your picnic basket? How about these irresistible chocolate chunk cookies! They are oversized, soft & chewy, and loaded with heavenly chunks of chocolate. The secret ingredient is a light sprinkle of sea salt to give the cookie a splendid sweet & salty flavor. These cookies take a little while to make (we allow the dough to rest overnight - ensuring a tender and buttery crumb) - but they are so worth it.

Pecan sandies are no more difficult to make than other types of cookies. The recipe calls for two cups of butter, ensuring that each bite will be buttery delicious. In about a half an hour, you will have a batch of crisp, dreamy pecan sandies that will disappear as fast as you make them.

These simple treats are easy to make and they'll disappear in minutes. Make sandwiches with Ritz crackers and peanut butter before dipping in chocolate. Coat the cookies in powdered sugar for a crunchy, sweet dessert in minutes.

Peanut butter cookies are scrumptious and easy to make. Try this recipe to show your kids how fun it is to bake delicious cookies. The crunchy peanut butter gives these tender, chewy morsels a nutty goodness that everyone will love. They also freeze well, so make a few dozen to take from the freezer to the oven anytime you want a snack.

There’s no need to wait for a special event to enjoy crisp sugar cookies in festive shapes. Roll the dough thinly to make crisp cookies or roll out about 1/4-inch thick to make melt-in-your-mouth fluffy cookies. For the excellent tea-time treats use the cinnamon-sugar topping or decorator icing.

Here we use vegetable oil in place of some of the butter to lower the calories in this version of classic vanilla-sugar cookies. These quick and easy wholesome cookies make snack-time entertaining for everybody.

This Purim treat, a sweet butter cookie, is formed into a triangle and then folded over on the edges to encase a center filled with a sweet filling, typically poppy seed. These cookies come together in just a matter of minutes, and are a sure fire hit on your Purim buffet.